Afghanistan
Government debt in Afghanistan
Government debt in Afghanistan: 346% of GDP in 2002 and 7.6% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 7.6% of GDP
- Since 2002
- −338.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 146 of 149
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The highest was 346% of GDP in 2002, the lowest 6.1% of GDP in 2019.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 8.9 |
| 2023 | 8.3 |
| 2022 | 10.6 |
| 2021 | 11.1 |
| 2020 | 7.3 |
| 2019 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 7.4 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2016 | 8.4 |
| 2015 | 9.2 |
| 2014 | 8.7 |
| 2013 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 6.8 |
| 2011 | 7.5 |
| 2010 | 7.7 |
| 2009 | 16.3 |
| 2008 | 19.1 |
| 2007 | 20.1 |
| 2006 | 23 |
| 2005 | 206.4 |
| 2004 | 245 |
| 2003 | 270.6 |
| 2002 | 346 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.83% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending in US dollars$8.55M in 1977
- Military spending per person$7 in 2021
- Military share of state spending5% of government spending in 2020
- Armed forces personnel165,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.82% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports65 million TIV in 2021
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1992